Rufas at the Top
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We scuttled over to a particular table because we noticed an extraordinarily large pile of chips in front of one of the players seated at it. We had to wait a few minutes before we could find out his name, though, because just as we approached, the gentleman (who we soon learned was called Luis Rufas) raised to 725 under the gun.
A few seats down, recent Amsterdam Master Classics runner up Ville Haavisto reraised to around 1,800. Everyone else folded but Rufas made the call and they saw a flop.
Flop: 
They both checked, and proceeded to the turn.
Turn: 
Rufas now bet out 2,325. Following a short pause, Haavisto made the call and they were at the river.
River: 
Now it was Rufas' turn to briefly dwell - and then bet out a stack of yellow T5,000 chips totalling 55,000, easily enough to cover Haavisto who had 23,500 remaining. There was some tanking, some swallowing and some shifting around in his seat, but Haavisto eventually folded.
Rufas is at 110,000 and looks to be our chip leader.